Chalupa Dlouhý Důl 19

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location, calm, close to facilities (by car), comfort, spacious (we were 3), own parking space, wifi worked really well (which was nice since there was no cell phone reception). Nice walking trails. The owners were very nice and happy to provide any information about the possibilities in the surroundings.
  : Maybe a TV would've been nice, but not essential.

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Steffi was very heart-warming, communication was in Czech/ German, clear explanation. She provided us with some recommendations for hikes in the area.
  : Communication in English was not really possible. The wood blocks provided to make the fire were very big, it was not possible for us to get the fire burning with such big logs and we were not able to cut the logs into smaller pieces with the (rather small) axe available in the house. Luckily there was a radiator to keep us warm.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location was perfect for what we wanted to do and places we wanted to visit. Right at the heard of the National Park.
  : Would have been nice to have a larger garden area to use for meals etc with the family especially in the evening / morning times.

Pleasant
Traveller Type:
  : We've been there in May 2023. The cottage is really pretty and clean, located in the village near a forrest. Pets are allowed which is great! (we had 2 dogs and paid 20 euro for each for the entire stay). The cottage has a big living room with kitchen, a small closed patio, a toilet and a storage on the ground floor and a bathroom (with bathtub) and 2 bedrooms in the attic. We stayed there with 4 people in total which was confy, but if there's more of you it might get less private and you will have to agree on who uses the bathroom first. You can use a barbecue if you buy your own coal. The place is a great starting point for trips around Bohemian Switzerland national park. As long as you have a car and you will need one as the cottage is 5 minutes ride to the centre of Krasna Lipa and more to any other destination. There is no TV in the house and no mobile network, but there's a very good wifi if you don't want to disconnect fully :).
  : We would have rated the place higher if not for 2 main issues. First one was the marten or martens (kunas) which nested in the attic (in the roof and walls). As it is a night animal it made a lot of noise during the night moving through the thermal insulation. The noise not only woke us up, but triggered the dogs to bark which made the marten run more and make even more noise. Eventually it ran away, but wasn't scared enough because it got back every night. You can imagine how difficult it is too sleep with that kind of noise right over your head. The owners told us they tried different ways to get rid of them, but we really think they should do better and create good enough physical barriers. It was quite easy to find some weak spots in house elevation. This can of course be expensive. The second thing is the cost of electricity. Please be informed that the house is not heated, so in colder months you will need to use either the fireplace in the living room or one of 3 electric heaters. Yet, you have to pay additionally both for wood and for electricity. We used it very rarely and still paid around 25 euros for 3 days at the end. If you go there in winter for let's say a week the price would easily go up to few hundreds euro extra. What is more, we haven't been shown any electricity meter or current electricity pricing neither at the beginning nor at the end of stay. With 25 euros it's not a problem, but with bigger money it could lead to a serious argument. All in all we really had a good stay and would probably rated in for 8 or 9, because of the charm the house and the surroundings have, but with the issues mentioned above we go down to 6.

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : The house is located in a quiet area with lots of nature surrounding it. It's decorated very nicely, the chimney fire also makes it very comfy. The hosts supply lots of brochures and recommendations on where to go hiking in the area and were very quick to respond to all kinds of questions via cell phone. Also it was very clean! Wifi was working perfectly, the kitchen was equipped ok with lots of storage room in a second fridge.
  : One big problem ist the marten, that's living in the ceiling. He gets active by night, which is pretty loud and woke us up every morning at around 5. But we could only hear him in the left side of the house. Right side was quiet. The marten gets scared pretty easiley though, you just have to hit the wall a couple of times, so the hosts told us. The hosts should definitely do something about the animal. The kitchen is rather old, some of the stove-buttons weren't readable anymore, which made it hard to ccok properly sometimes. Also the house is not really isolated - we stayed here in September and needed 2-3 blankets at night. The house comes with a grill - it wasn't clean though, when we tried it out. Had to clean it ourselves first. Last small thing: you have to shower sitting down in the tub. There are noch glass walls or curtains to keep the water in. But that's just personal preference.